GE 164 D2588P188 Microwave Oven User Manual


 
—Do not use the oven for storage purposes.
Do not leave paper products, cooking utensils
or food in the oven when not in use,
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materials inside oven should ignite,
keep
oven door closed, turn oven off, and disconnect
power cord, or shut off power at the fuse or
circuit breaker panel.
Some products such as
whole eggs and sealed
containe%for
example, closed jars-will
explode and should not be heated in this
microwave oven. Such use of the microwave
oven could result in injury.
.
Avoid
heatig
baby food
in glass jars, even
without their
tids;
especitiy
meat
and
egg
mixtures.
Don’t defrost
fromn
beverages
in narrow
necked bottles
(especidy
carbonated beverages).
Even if the container is opened, pressure can build
up. This can cause the container to burst, possibly
resulting in injury.
Use
fofl
ody
as directed in this book.
N
dinners
may be microwaved in foil trays less
than
3/4”
high; remove the top foil cover
and
return the tray
to the box.
Men
using foil in
the
microwave
oven,
keep the
foti
at least 1 inch away from the
sidm
of
the
oven.
Cookware may become hot
because
of heat transferred from
the
heated
food. Pot holders
may
be needed to
handle the cookware.
.
Foods cooked in
Mquids
(such as pasta) may tend
to boil over more rapidly than foods containing
less moisture.
Shodd
this occur, refer to the Care
and
Cl-g
section(s) for instructions on how to
clean the inside of the oven.
Thermometer-Do
not
use a thermometer
in
food you
are
microwaving unless the thermometer
is designed or recommended for use in the
microwave
oven,
Plastic
cookwar*Plastic
cookware designed
for microwave cooking is very useful, but should
be used carefully.
Even microwave-safe plastic
may not be as tolerant of overcooking conditions
as are glass or ceramic materials and may
soften or char if subjected to short periods of
overcooking.
k
longer exposures to overcooking,
the food and cookware could ignite. For
these
reasons: 1) Use microwave-safe plastics only and
use them in strict compliance with the cookware
manufacturer’s
rwornmendations.
2)
Do not
subject empty cookware to microwaving.
3) Do not permit children to use plastic
cookware without complete supervision.
men
cooking pork,
follow the directions
exactly and always cook
the
meat to an internal
temperature of at least
170°F.
This assures that,
in the remote possibility that trichina maybe
present in the meat, it will be killed and meat
will be safe to eat.
. Do
not
boiI
eggs in a microwave oven. Pressure
will build up inside egg yolk
and
will cause it to
burs~
possibly resulting in injury.
Foods with unbroken outer
“skin”
such as potatoes, sausages, tomatoes,
apples, chicken livers and other
giblets,
and
egg
yoks
(see previous
caution) should be pierced to
Mow
steam to escape during cooking.
Not
A
plastic wrap is suitable for use in
microwave ovens. Check the package for
proper use.
m
. Spontaneous boiling-Under
certain special circumstances,
liquids may start to boil during
or shortly after removal from
the microwave oven. To prevent
burns from splashing
liqui~
stir the
liquid briefly before removing the
container from
the
microwave oven.
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